began to talk with him about the loss of Fairbanks - the appropriation for court house & the Hubbard case. Statler went out & in a few minutes in came Senator Piles, who seemed to know I was there & at once began to ask Ankeny if we were talking about my confirmation &c. and said "Will Senator you are going to vote for Wickersham - of course - you told me you would" and went on to crowd Ankeny hard insisting on his voting for me. Ankeny was evidently embarrassed and showed some little spirit in criticising Sullivan for getting him to oppose me and now insisting that he vote for me. The discussion continued for a few minutes - Ankeny did not finally say he would vote for me but only that he would do the right thing or something of that kind. He will not vote for me and the best I can hope for is that he wont vote against me. During